A bunch of guys and I hunt hogs year round all over the country. I know very well what will kill them and what will just pissum off. I've been stupid enough to hunt them with everything from a knife (really stupid there) to a .50cal Barret at 1000 yards for giggles so yes I know full well what it takes
Good for you.
Since 2000 i've killed hundreds of wild hogs, mostly with muzzleloaders. For years i hunted hogs at least two days per week. Presently i usually hunt hogs one day per week.
Forgive me for not buying into the hogs are tough as rhinos stuff. They are easy to kill when hit in the right spot. i don't rightly know where the hog that is the subject of this thread was hit, nor do i care. i do care that the hog ran off to suffer; the only hog to get away wounded in years.
Couple years ago i started hunting wild hogs with patched round balls, but not exclusively. When hunting with iron sighted conventional muzzleloaders i limit my shots to 75 yards due to old eyes. My .54 TC FireHawk muzzleloader is scoped and i've killed wild hogs at ranges of 125-140 yards with patched round balls fired from that gun.
No, i don't buy your stuff that round balls are not effective on hogs past 50 yards.